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By Tena Lee | GANNETT TENNESSEE

Although he had his alarm set to wake him Thursday morning, musician Jimmie Van Zant got an even earlier wake-up call when his neighbor's minivan crashed into his home in the Mansker Farms subdivision.

"I had my alarm set for 7:30, but awoke at like 7 to this," said Van Zant from the front yard of his normally quiet subdivision. He pointed to the side of his home where a couple of workers were busy repairing the damage.

A neighbor backing out of her driveway was distracted by her child in the back seat, said Hendersonville Police Department spokesman Jim Jones.

"She hit the gas instead of the brakes," he said. "Unfortunately it was just a bad accident."